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All I can think about is that workout last night...... My first ever DC training workout.... Extreme stretching, rest pause sets.... oh man...... My whole upper body is sore as hell... I can't remember the last time it felt this way...
So here is how it went.....
I checked my ego at the door, and grabbed a powerade. I did my warmups and then went for a bit lower weight then I usually use for incline chest (smith). I got my 8 reps out and locked it just before my chest.... I breathed and counted to 15.... I still couldn't get the weight back up..... I breathed for another 10 or so, and got it back up for 3 more reps..... Then breathed again, and managed to get 1 more before collapsing back in my seat....I just layed there for a second under the bar thinking about how taxed my chest felt..... Then I managed to get out from under it and head to a bench for the stretching.... Man does that hurt... I think I made it 30 seconds......
I carried on moving to shoulders..... And here are some notes from my first workout....
I found the shoulder stretch to be a little hard to do, tho once in the right position you can really feel it! The tricep one seemed a little awkward at first too. A training partner would make this type of workout much easier, but I did seem to find a way to manage without one..... I did the hanging weighted stretch for back and I love it! It felt good (well painful at the time.... good after) and my back felt really full when I was done that. I was exhausted when I was done this workout... I would like to know what some of you guys eat before going to the gym, to allow you to keep up high energy levels through this whole workout?? By the time I went to bed, I could tell I was going to be sore in the morning, and when I woke up this morning, I found out just how right I was....
I look forward to my next bitter sweet workout, and I look forward to getting in the groove with this program and sparking new growth!
A big thanks to DC, I see good things for this program for me!
ADD: A quick question.... Do you guys write down warm-up sets, or just keep track of your working set??
So here is how it went.....
I checked my ego at the door, and grabbed a powerade. I did my warmups and then went for a bit lower weight then I usually use for incline chest (smith). I got my 8 reps out and locked it just before my chest.... I breathed and counted to 15.... I still couldn't get the weight back up..... I breathed for another 10 or so, and got it back up for 3 more reps..... Then breathed again, and managed to get 1 more before collapsing back in my seat....I just layed there for a second under the bar thinking about how taxed my chest felt..... Then I managed to get out from under it and head to a bench for the stretching.... Man does that hurt... I think I made it 30 seconds......
I carried on moving to shoulders..... And here are some notes from my first workout....
I found the shoulder stretch to be a little hard to do, tho once in the right position you can really feel it! The tricep one seemed a little awkward at first too. A training partner would make this type of workout much easier, but I did seem to find a way to manage without one..... I did the hanging weighted stretch for back and I love it! It felt good (well painful at the time.... good after) and my back felt really full when I was done that. I was exhausted when I was done this workout... I would like to know what some of you guys eat before going to the gym, to allow you to keep up high energy levels through this whole workout?? By the time I went to bed, I could tell I was going to be sore in the morning, and when I woke up this morning, I found out just how right I was....
I look forward to my next bitter sweet workout, and I look forward to getting in the groove with this program and sparking new growth!
A big thanks to DC, I see good things for this program for me!
ADD: A quick question.... Do you guys write down warm-up sets, or just keep track of your working set??
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